Trachylepis megalura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species: Trachylepis megalura

Name

Trachylepis megalura (Peters, 1878)

Syntypes: ZMB 9281, 9304.

Type locality: “Taita”, Kenya.

Combinations

• Euprepes (Mabuia) megalura Peters, 1878: 204 [orginal combination]
• Mabuia megalura — Loveridge, 1920: 152 [subsequent combination]
• Mabuya megalura — Broadley, 1971: 54 [subsequent combination]
• Trachylepis megalura — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination]

References

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Trachylepis megalura. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 October 2018.

Vernacular names

• English: Grass-top Sand Skink